@emma-flournoy
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Emma Flournoy replied to the topic Hey Kapeefers! No, your eyes don't deceive you… in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 4 months ago
@Dragon-Snapper You should make @Ethryndal herself call you a kid (for perfectly justifiable reasons, obviously) if anyone’s gonna do it.
The LoKD is becoming…a LEGEND. O.o Actually, it’s been one for a while… *rubs hands gleefully* You must have way too much fun with these.
If I’m in there and have a moment, you could have me trying…[Read more]
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Emma Flournoy replied to the topic Character Naming Help!! in the forum Characters 8 years, 4 months ago
Yeah…it’s an interesting dilemma to say the very least. I think, I don’t think, it would ever really be possible, because only God can make real sentience, and humans, no matter how incredibly complex were their discoveries and inventions, could never reproduce what God does. Subcreation; we can ultimately only ever mimic…[Read more]
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Emma Flournoy posted a new activity comment 8 years, 4 months ago
@PerfectFifths Sweet. 😀 Is that brother Leumeister? Does he play the violin too?
Yeah, I’ve ‘composed’ a couple things, that turned out decently, but I have to work at it, and not being repetitive is definitely a challenge. That, and not just piggy-backing off of all the other tunes you know. 😛 -
Emma Flournoy replied to the topic A KeePer Christmas in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 4 months ago
@Sam-Kowal Cool. I think a lot of people have found us through Brett Harris-related places.
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Emma Flournoy replied to the topic Anyone Admit an Affection About Animation? in the forum Film 8 years, 4 months ago
Yup. Let’s hope. 😉
Wait, REALLY?! Well…yay! I came across Blender several times in my searches, but I passed it by because (1. As far as I could tell it was only for animation, not videos as well, and (2. It said it had a very steep learning curve, and Douglas (my brother) is incredibly liable to give up on steep learning curves.…[Read more]
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Emma Flournoy replied to the topic Character Naming Help!! in the forum Characters 8 years, 4 months ago
@Leumeister Because they, being robots, but built in such a way to act as humans, and almost, in effect, BE humans, will therefore seem like humans. And think like humans, right? And in all other ways, seem human; but, being robots, they wouldn’t actually have souls, would they? Or at least…maybe not. I dunno. And since they would think and see…[Read more]
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Emma Flournoy posted a new activity comment 8 years, 4 months ago
Sounds amazing, of course. ;P I have a good musical ear/sense of tune, too, which I’m thankful for as well, but I still can’t make gorgeous harmonies and improvise amazingly like nobody’s business and that sort of thing. Much to my sorrow. I can harmonize and improvise if I work at it, but it’s not second nature or anything.
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Emma Flournoy replied to the topic A KeePer Christmas in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 4 months ago
@Anne-of-Lothlorien This is hilarious. XD
@Sam-Kowal Glad you found the place. We warned you it was bestistest. ;P How did you come across KP, anyway?
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Emma Flournoy replied to the topic Anyone Admit an Affection About Animation? in the forum Film 8 years, 4 months ago
@Leumeister Well, he knows basically nothing about the actual craft of writing; he just thinks he wouldn’t like it. He’s tried writing his stories down before—starting, at least. Maybe when he actually knows what good writing entails, he’ll like it. 😉
And I’ve thought of asking you before (because you’re the animation guy) but just never…[Read more]
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Emma Flournoy replied to the topic Character Naming Help!! in the forum Characters 8 years, 4 months ago
@Leumeister Oh well. 😛
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Emma Flournoy posted a new activity comment 8 years, 4 months ago
Yup. I learned basic music theory when I learned piano, and while I’m not an expert, I know quite a bit, and can sight-read easily. It is quite handy.
I do wish I could fiddle in addition to classical, though, seriously. 😛 I wish I knew how. -
Emma Flournoy posted a new activity comment 8 years, 4 months ago
Thanks. 😀
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So, I’m guessing you can read music and all that sort of thing? 😀 It’s handy to know, unless you plan on being an Irish fiddler? 😉
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Yup. I learned basic music theory when I learned piano, and while I’m not an expert, I know quite a bit, and can sight-read easily. It is quite handy.
I do wish I could fiddle in addition to classical, though, seriously. 😛 I wish I knew how. -
Yeah, reading music is a really good skill. But I know what you mean about fiddling. The luthier who restored my violin can’t read a bit of music, but he’s an amazing Irish fiddler. 😀 And one our friends, he can’t read music, but he’s really good on the piano.
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Sounds amazing, of course. ;P I have a good musical ear/sense of tune, too, which I’m thankful for as well, but I still can’t make gorgeous harmonies and improvise amazingly like nobody’s business and that sort of thing. Much to my sorrow. I can harmonize and improvise if I work at it, but it’s not second nature or anything.
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Yeah, I agree, I would love to be able to do that.
That being said, I did manage to create something of a nice (if repetitive) tune when my brother and I were trying out a violin pick-up my conductor lent to me. 😛
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Emma Flournoy posted a new activity comment 8 years, 4 months ago
So it’s not precisely just SELF self-taught, but you get the idea. ;P YouTube is something to be thankful for.
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Emma Flournoy posted a new activity comment 8 years, 4 months ago
@PerfectFifths Yup, we’re self-taught. But we in all likelihood could NOT have done it without the help of YouTube. *shudder* Yes. So we had no actual lessons, but we learned a ton of stuff from violin people/teachers on YouTube. And were helped along a bit by some friends, who lent us a violin to begin with.
But we have zero experience with…[Read more]-
So it’s not precisely just SELF self-taught, but you get the idea. ;P YouTube is something to be thankful for.
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Very nice! I hope you enjoy it! 😀
Yeah, YouTube is great.
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Thanks. 😀
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So, I’m guessing you can read music and all that sort of thing? 😀 It’s handy to know, unless you plan on being an Irish fiddler? 😉
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Yup. I learned basic music theory when I learned piano, and while I’m not an expert, I know quite a bit, and can sight-read easily. It is quite handy.
I do wish I could fiddle in addition to classical, though, seriously. 😛 I wish I knew how. -
Yeah, reading music is a really good skill. But I know what you mean about fiddling. The luthier who restored my violin can’t read a bit of music, but he’s an amazing Irish fiddler. 😀 And one our friends, he can’t read music, but he’s really good on the piano.
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Sounds amazing, of course. ;P I have a good musical ear/sense of tune, too, which I’m thankful for as well, but I still can’t make gorgeous harmonies and improvise amazingly like nobody’s business and that sort of thing. Much to my sorrow. I can harmonize and improvise if I work at it, but it’s not second nature or anything.
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Yeah, I agree, I would love to be able to do that.
That being said, I did manage to create something of a nice (if repetitive) tune when my brother and I were trying out a violin pick-up my conductor lent to me. 😛
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Emma Flournoy replied to the topic The 12 Kapeefer Days of Christmas in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 4 months ago
@Mariposa That works. 😉
And so does that! Yup. ;P
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Emma Flournoy posted a new activity comment 8 years, 4 months ago
@Dragon-Snapper @Ethryndal Well when that happens, I’ll make sure epic music is provided. Just to enhance the effect, since it’d already be epic enough without music.
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Emma Flournoy replied to the topic The 12 Kapeefer Days of Christmas in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 4 months ago
@Mariposa I got Mackenzie’s, and I couldn’t identify one with Rolena except that nothing is left but Princess TNT, so it must be her. Though I’m not entirely certain why. XD
Also, Stormpoofer could also be Stormproofer. 😀
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Emma Flournoy posted a new activity comment 8 years, 4 months ago
Well, I guess that works. You’d probably find 20 degree Christmases odd. 😀
Guess what? My oldest sister, Elizabeth—the other violin player in our family as of right now—and I have a chance for lessons! It came up sort of unexpectedly… We went to audition to play in the Christmas program of Ohio Christian University (which is only about…[Read more]
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Emma Flournoy replied to the topic Character Naming Help!! in the forum Characters 8 years, 4 months ago
@Leumeister Somehow I don’t think this will be helpful. XD But I like Camille, Raphael, and Lachlan. Especially Lachlan for the last guy. Which is bad because that has the least votes, and is therefore, not helpful. ;P But it really seems to fit him. The other two do too, but not in extreme like Lachlan did when I read it. And those sound like…[Read more]
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Emma Flournoy replied to the topic Anyone Admit an Affection About Animation? in the forum Film 8 years, 4 months ago
@Leumeister I’m pretty sure my eleven year old brother is headed this direction. 😉 He’s writer material, and has stories in his head, but has professed a deep hate of doing the actual writing (though he loves practicing his handwriting, which is a rather strange thing). So he wishes he had a movie-making program where he could just make his…[Read more]
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Yeah, it is. And no, he doesn’t. 😛 To be honest, I don’t even trust him to hold the violin, because he doesn’t listen to me when he does and hold it properly, so he’s lost his violin-holding privileges. 😉 It’s annoying, because he asked to hold it, but still didn’t listen. 😛
Oh, yeah, piggy-backing can be hard, because there is so much great…[Read more]
Ha! Eh well…it’s gotta be kind of hard for non-violinists to be able to hold it just correctly, even if they DO try. ;P But it IS good to listen. 😉
We were once so clueless.
I KNOW!!! By making it sound the same. And you CAN’T. *fumes*
Are you liking The Count of MC?
I have to say, pretty much everyone I’ve tried to teach how to hold the violin and bow have been frustrating (including my mum and my best friend) except one, one of my mum’s good friends. I think she’s a natural and sometimes when she comes over, we have “lessons.” I think she wants to play more often, but she doesn’t have a violin yet.
No,…[Read more]
Poor people. 😛 But naturals are always encouraging.
Eheh, yep, I feel ya. It was a very good book, but I know what you’re talking about. *cough* The revenge is sorta the point… 😛 Once you FINISH the book, you’ll see how it plays out to be a good book nonetheless. Thought it’s still not perfect, and it’s NOT as good as Les Miserables, EVER.…[Read more]
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Oh, I have no doubt it’s a good book. But I may not always agree with the protagonist’s choices. 😉 Les Mis, though, I actually have lined up to read after Monte Cristo. 😀 It looks like it’s going to be equally as long. XD
Indeed, you most certainly won’t agree. XD
Oh, YAHOO!!! I’m incredibly happy. It’s even a little longer, but SO worth it. Good choice. 😉
It feels like the story is jumping around between characters. I’ve just been reading about Franz and his interesting night on Monte Cristo with Signor Sinbad. Except I think Sinbad is Dantes. Except I’m not certain. XD
Are you on Goodreads?
*snickers* Dantes and his disguises.
Yeah, there’s a fair bit of jumping around, but it’s kinda nice sometimes because you wouldn’t want to ALWAYS be stuck with Dantes’ point of view. XD And there are some other really great characters in there.
No… I hardly even know what Goodreads is. 😛 I mean, I know what it is, but I’m not sure what it’s…[Read more]
XD I guess not, but I want to know his story. Right now I’m hearing more about Luigi Vampa and Teresa.
Goodreas is really cool. It’s a site that you can list all the books you’ve read/want to read. You can rate them, review them, compare your shelves with your friends. You can use it to keep track of how many books you’ve read in a year, and set…[Read more]